The Summer Issue of the FENS Trimestrial newsletter is out
29 September 2013
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2014 Kavli Prize Call for Nomina
03 September 2013
03 September, 2013 in FENS News ERROR The 2014 Kavli Prize call for nominations has been opened by The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The Academy will receive nominations through December 1, 2013. Complete nomination information, including an online form, is available at http://www.kavliprize.no Read More
Free iBook: Primates in Medical Research
03 September 2013
03 September, 2013 in FENS News ERROR How do researchers work with primates? Which species do they use? What has research with primates revealed? How are the primates looked after?These are the questions answered in the new iBook, Primates in Medical Research. The iBook features recent video clips recorded in primate research and breeding facilities in [...] Read More
Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award 2013 – for papers published in 2012
19 August 2013
19 August, 2013 in FENS News The ERA-NET NEURON call is open for the Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award The ERA-NET NEURON call is open for the EXCELLENT PAPER IN NEUROSCIENCE AWARD to recognize outstanding scientific publications by young researchers in the field of disease related neurosciences. The deadline for proposal submission is September 15th, 2013. First authors [...] Read More
The Human Brain Project: Competitive Call for additional beneficiaries
19 August 2013
19 August, 2013 in FENS News ERROR The HBP has reserved a portion of its ramp-up phase funding for specific research tasks to be carried out by new beneficiaries who will join the consortium in 2014. These new beneficiaries will be selected from proposals submitted in response to this Competitive Call. The Competitive Call covers the following topics of [...] Read More
János Szentágothai and his legacy for neuroscience in Hungary and worldwide
29 July 2013
29 July, 2013 in FENS News János Szentágothai and his legacy for neuroscience in Hungary and worldwide A new awarded history of neuroscience project is now available online! To commemorate the life and works of János Szentágothai for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth in 2012, the Hungarian Neuroscience Society assembled a website: www.szentagothai.hu Read More
CARE: Help us defend biomedical research in Italy!
12 July 2013
12 July, 2013 in FENS News ERROR The FENS Committee on Animals in Research (CARE) invites you to mail this letter to the Italian political authorities, at the address specified in the text, so as to contrast the new regulations passed by the Senate on July 8th, 2013, concerning the implementation in Italy of the EU Directive 63-2010 on [...] Read More
Call for venues 2015-2019: European Training Site for Courses in Neuroscience
11 July 2013
11 July, 2013 in FENS News ERROR IntroductionThe establishment of a prominent site for state-of-the-art European neuroscience training courses is important for the sustained development of the next generation of neuroscientists. However, despite the recognized position of European neuroscience and brain research as leading in multiple fields of neuroscience, a high-level, coordinated and dedicated training facility for [...] Read More
FENS Trimestrial Newsletter – Spring Issue 2013
18 June 2013
18 June, 2013 in FENS News The Spring Issue of the FENS Trimestrial Newsletter is now available online. Enjoy your reading! Content Message from the FENS President Editorial from the Communication Committee Opinion Corner:“What Counts?” by Leszek Kaczmarek“Neuroscience and Law” by Hervé Chneiweiss Featured Neuroscience Institutes The Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, IrelandThe Edmond and Lily [...] Read More
New framework for FENS schools and training starting from 2014
13 June 2013
13 June, 2013 in FENS News ERROR In collaboration with prominent and long-standing partners of FENS including the Hertie Foundation, a new programme for European higher education – schools and training will be started in 2014. The programme, which will be fully implemented by 2015, will build on popular features from the foregoing FENS-IBRO European Neuroscience Schools [...] Read More
FENS and SfN works together in advocacy alert
11 June 2013
11 June, 2013 in FENS News ERROR With a pledge to continue its commitment to transporting animals used in biomedical research, AirFrance supports global neuroscience research and efforts to advance our knowledge and understanding of the nervous system. Two linked scientific committees on the use of animals in biomedical research under SfN and FENS coordinate an advocacy alert to [...] Read More
FENS member events
08 May 2013
08 May, 2013 in FENS News FENS member events under the label of the European Month of the Brain We congratulate our FENS members who placed their events scheduled in May under the EMoB umbrella! We wish you all successfull meetings! 5 – 7 May, Sönderborg XXVII Sandbjerg Symposium, Auditory and visual perception 6 May, [...] Read More
Grants for job interviews
06 May 2013
06 May, 2013 in FENS News Grants for job interviews covering travel costs up to a maximum of €1500 to and from Europe to Japan and China for postdoctoral and Ph.D. student positions are available through the Young Researchers Exchange Support Programmes (YREP). Deadline for applications: 15 June 2013. Application form and detailed information can [...] Read More
The final report of the BAW
26 April 2013
26 April, 2013 in FENS News The final report of the BAW awarded projects for 2013 is now available During the Brain Awareness Week 2013, 27 projects were awarded a grant of maximum 1,000 EUR by the DANA Foundation/FENS. The final report of the awarded projects can be viewed here. Read More
Applications are open
23 April 2013
23 April, 2013 in FENS News Applications are open for 'The Neurobiology of Synapses and their Dysfunction' conference: 13-17 October 2013 - Hotel la Palma, Stresa, Italy As part of a series of high-level meetings on the neurosciences in Europe and being co-organised by ESF and FENS, this conference will be focused on the molecular [...] Read More